Let's say that X lives in SC and wants to sue (1) a SC company, (2) a GA company, and (3) a MN company. Diversity jurisdiction is out per Strawbridge. If one of the causes of action that X is going to use is a federal statute (along with other common-law state actions), then may X file in fed court under federal question?

Also, could X just file in state court even though part of his complaint will utilize federal statutes? Thanks.

X can bring fed q claims in fed court and add the other state law claims under supplemental jurisdiction if there they arrise from the same transaction or occurrence. Supp j is discretionary and can be denied if the FQ is dismissed early in the proceeding, the state law is complex or state law issues would predominate.

State courts can rule on federal question claims but will be subject to fed review unless there is an adequate and independent state law ground.

Exactly what I was going to say. I felt all excited, because I just reviewed fed civ pro last night. And here you are, beating me to it. Way to ruin it for me.

Let's say that X lives in SC and wants to sue (1) a SC company, (2) a GA company, and (3) a MN company. Diversity jurisdiction is out per Strawbridge. If one of the causes of action that X is going to use is a federal statute (along with other common-law state actions), then may X file in fed court under federal question?

Also, could X just file in state court even though part of his complaint will utilize federal statutes? Thanks.

X can bring fed q claims in fed court and add the other state law claims under supplemental jurisdiction if there they arrise from the same transaction or occurrence. Supp j is discretionary and can be denied if the FQ is dismissed early in the proceeding, the state law is complex or state law issues would predominate.

State courts can rule on federal question claims but will be subject to fed review unless there is an adequate and independent state law ground.

I agree. However, I do give her credit for being the lone conservative/republican on that show and constantly taking poo for it. I don't agree with most of what she says but anyone who is willing to go against the grain on that show has balls.

or bills to pay...Hasselbeck isn't conservative. She is a Bush Republican.....big difference.

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.

County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term. A black hole, according to Webster's, is perhaps "the invisible remains of a collapsed star, with an intense gravitational field from which neither light nor matter can escape."

Other county officials quickly interceded to break it up and get the meeting back on track. TV news cameras were rolling, after all.

* Story Highlights * Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during commercial break, Fox says * N-word uttered in reference to black people during an off-air moment last week * Jackson apologized last week for making other distasteful remarks about Obama

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.

I agree with all the responses so far. I would like to add that just like any profession, this is not something you just decide to do on a whim overnight.

How about going to graduate school like it was suggested earlier? Is the medical field something you are still interested in pursuing or have you given up because you don't think you can hack it?

I don't think you have to go shadow lawyers and immerse yourself in the legal field to decide you want to go to law school, but if you have no idea what a career in law entails, it might be a good idea for you considering your abrupt switch in career track.

I will always be a scientist, hence why I am choosing a career in patent law (something I decided to pursue back in 1999), perhaps this is an area of law that might interest you.